Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-08-06
ZacEariah's Hired Man.

'Hanner," said old Zack Daybaueh as
ne came into the house after returning
from town, 81 got mother hired man,
wen, declare, Zacharier, mother
hired man fore harvest! Wot'n the
name O. goodness do ye want O. hired
man this time o year,"
wy, Hammer, 'pearst' me / ougbter
Know wen | need man. Look at that
pfeakln' want'o do on the back FORTY
an there's the corn wants T. be rome
through the other way, an the garden t
noe--its time them pertaters were hilled
up an they need buggin' most ev'ry day
an hayln' comm on-I'm goin' t. put
up all the hay there is down in Won
slough. Co'rs' l need a bird man. Ye
wanto mind, Hammer that wc'uns are
farmin' it in Dakoty now, an do thinps
. sight different n we did in Penn
s'lvany."
"oh, Ireckon l knowed that already
Ever sence ye planted them cab'ges in the
wrong time o. the moon last wear an
didn't hcv 'nough SOS ye could find 'em.
seed ye was doin' it different
"Oh, don't talk no more bout them
cab'ges-a person will make a mistake
onct in a while"
Eyes, an some o. 'em twict in a while
zacharier. Did ye get me that new milk
bucket with strainer on it?"
Hammer, l don't mind yer tellin' me
bout no milk bucket
Yes ye do, Zacharier, ye mind it lest
as well as l do. Now l want it right
away or yer hired man can't come into
the house!"
"Well, well, Hammer, hook up old Doll
In the mornin' an drive down an get If
I'D O. got it myself, but I'll be snaked
ef reelected anything bout it,"
This pacified the good lady so much
that she went out and called her daughter
Alice, who was picking strawberries in
the garden, and directed her to get sun
per ready After she had gone her
worthy husband chuckled little over
his remarkably original scheme of for
getting to buy the miIk-pail and frowned
little when he remembered that it would
have to be bought after all. His wife
soon returned and said:
''Well, it pears T. me ye got an ugly
'nough lookin' man this time. | seed
him out pumpin' water"
That's it, Hammer, zackly; that's lust
It'll He is the b.amest, gawkiest, green
est lookin' man I've seed fer long time
an that's just wy hired him. | low
he won't be foolin' round Alice and act
in calfIishir
'He might try It'll never seed man
that wouldn't act catfish if he had
half or two-thirds of chance. But I
reckon it won't do him any good; Alice
wouldn't hev nothin' t. do with as ugly
lookin a man as he is. 1t pears T. me he
don't look 'sif he knew 'nough t. pound
sand into rat hole
"Oh, he's all right, only his looks are
Agin him powerfully. How'd he pear T.
be comm down on the pump handle,
Hannerlr
"He want throwin' himself ont il
very hefty, Zacharier. | low We won't
find him any very great shakes"
"Oh, I'll tend T. him. lie can work.
I'll bet farm, an if he won't get Z shin
in round Alice reckon he'll be good
man. I've had t. chase bout evry man
I've. had lately off the place cause he got
1t into his head he was goin' t. marry
Alice. Pears t me we'uns are very un-
lucky that way"
"Zacharier, Alice 'couragcs 'em, that's
wot she does, she firts with 'em. WV
you mind that last one we had in the
spring, ye know caught her passin' a
piece opie ont o the pantry winder Z
him Yes, sir, a big piece O. dried
pnnkin pie, an he took it an sot down
on the edge o my soap kettle an ct it an
she stuck her head out o. the wiudcr an
watched him"
"Ycs, know Il, Hammer, know It.
70 jest watch an SEQ how much pie she